By parents threatening, or you simply were taken in handcuffs to a pvt hospital? or maybe they just coerce you to "take your pill" each day? This is only for people who dont hear voices and are not suicidal.
2007-09-22 02:48:43 · 5 answers · asked by theroadwetake 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
www.arlingtondistrictattorney.blogspot.com Read about forced treatments and how lazy the DA is.
2007-09-22 03:05:39 · update #1
The problem is that there are parents who dont love thier kids they do this for abuse because thats what abusers do. Also going to "hospital" will not give you a clean record. They have to make sure that your insurance will cover their enormous costs so they will always find something wrong if not commit total fraud. NME hospitals inc gave over 40 million in kicbacks to Texas doctors starting in 1991 they were busted by the FBI.
2007-09-22 03:36:37 · update #2
These answers below show how many people dont know what has happened in the past. There was no problem at all getting kids hospitalized in 1991 -2004 1,000s of teens were kidnapped. There was no examinations only fraud. The word Bipolar was used on many with not even one sympton. SEE below. That was my doctor Wake up America.
On 6-4-04 the Board and Dr. Barklis entered into an Agreed Order in which Dr. Barklis voluntarily and permanently surrendered his license.
2007-09-22 06:50:01 · update #3
well, if you are having severe problems, and you parents are loving and concerned, sit down with them, and ask them to really tell you what they want and what they expect, and why they are forcing you...you must remember, they love you, and don't want to see anything happen to you...then, if you do go to a hospital, and talk to some doctors, you can get it on record, that there isn't anything wrong, and then your parents can't push you anymore...I assume that you are under 18...don't put them in that position, and go to bat for yourself, when you get there and tell the doctor why
2007-09-22 03:26:56 · answer #1 · answered by MotherKittyKat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person cannot be forced to take treatment or be held on a psych ward unless they are a threat to themselves or others. If a person can't keep it together when the cops or the doctors are talking to them, that in itself suggests that they need a time out. Also, perhaps the cruelest part of mental illness is that the person with it sometimes is the last to figure it out, or as in bipolar disorder, they feel fine or even euphoric and don't get it that the 'good' state is not healthy or good for others, and that it will go bad at some point not so far in the future. It is extremely rare that parents will force their kid to take meds that aren't in the kids best interest. In those very rare instances, social services can be asked to investigate, and if the kid is being abused w/meds, the child can be removed from the home.
Every safety net has holes people slip thru. However, it is not at all common. If your parents are telling you to take medication, it's probably because you really do need it. If it has side effects, work with the doc to find something better. That's a much more proactive way to deal with the situation than to just complain about your rights being violated.
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You'd be equally or more disgusted when you look into how much big pharma gives doctors. It doesn't necessarily mean drugs are given when not necessary, but it does influence which drugs are prescribed IMHO.
As for forced hospitilization, insurance doesn't cover much in the way of mental health. A lot ends up out of pocket, so if anything, hospitals toss out or do not treat people who need treatment. The big bucks tend to be made in sending a healthy person out for a billion tests to confirm that, yes, they are a healthy person.
2007-09-22 10:54:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is interesting... but I think parents. do love their kids enough to want them to receive help . parents have to jump through hoops in order to get their child help sometimes. It is not that easy.
mental health professionals do extensive evaluations before they will even admit a person. The kid probably does think it is because his parents do not love him or it is a sign of abuse. However it is a sign that the parents really love the kid enough to get him into treatment.
I ended up in psych wards as a teen / and well stayed in a few for a couple of years. Sometimes the kid needs to get away from the parents too, just to find themselves and away from all of what is going on.
2007-09-22 12:23:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The problem is that there are parents who dont love thier kids they do this for abuse because thats what abusers do."
When i saw your question, I immediately thought about kids being forced by their parents to go to the 'residential treatment' places. Not private hospitals. Like they had on the american show 'brat camp'.
I don't think it's that they don't love their kids, I think it's because they are too lazy to disclipline them, so they just run wild and get into trouble. Then when they feel their kids is starting to get too 'out of control' they take them, and force them to undergo 'treatment' which cost's thousands of dollars.
2007-09-22 11:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by srsly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a very good friend that had shock therapy and he had no say so in the treatment, a judge declared him not able to care for himself(cannot remember the proper term for that).
A couple of years later he committed suicide.
2007-09-22 10:22:24 · answer #5 · answered by Ricky H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋